Synthorax

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In dragonflies and damselflies, the mesothorax and metathorax when fused together.

    "The meso- and metathorax are large and powerful, and become fused together into one solid mass, which may conveniently be termed the synthorax."

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"The meso- and metathorax are large and powerful, and become fused together into one solid mass, which may conveniently be termed the synthorax."

Etymology

From syn- + thorax.

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